Social News notes from Athens daily social scene
Mr T W Craig left yesterday for New York City on a business trip. Miss Mae Poston returned from Chicago after a month away. Mrs W K Scott travels to Columbus after her mother in law's death. Daughters of America call a meeting Tuesday evening. Several residents visit relatives in Columbus and Camp Sherman. Reverend H F MacLane of Toledo visits Athens this week, recalling his WWI service and Ohio University ties.
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T. W. Craig
New York City
Mose Williams
35Th Division
Camp Sherman
Glouster
George Williams
Fred H. McCoy
H. F. MacLane
Toledo
Athens
Planes to start together for trans Atlantic flight
Aboard the U S S Prairie Trepassey Newfoundland May 12 noon Commander Towers awaits word on NC 4 arrival before ordering the start for the attempted trans Atlantic flight. NC 1 and NC 3 ready. NC 4 delayed by engine trouble at Chatham Massachusetts with rough mid ocean weather foreseen and rain due tomorrow along the coast.
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A. E. Johnson
United Press
U. 8S. S. Prairie
Trepassey
N. F
J. H. Towers
Chatham
Mass
Towers
Read
Mid-Ocean
Timber Delayed Decay by Passing Electricity, Scientists Say
English scientists report that applying electric current to freshly cut timber increases its resistance to decay and fungous growth, suggesting a method to preserve wood.
Negro Porter Sought After Fight With Soldiers in Chillicothe
Civil and military police confront a 500 strong mob searching Chillicothe for a Black porter who cut a Rainbow soldier and struck another after criticizing soup at a local restaurant. The porter fled, prompting city and military orders to close saloons and arrest intoxicated soldiers.
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Chillicothe
Company H
166Th Infantry
Schreiber
Joe B Davis Coal Case Sees Cross Examination
The Joe B. Davis coal case continued Monday afternoon with Davis on the witness stand undergoing cross examination. The hearing of this suit has been in progress for several days.
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Joe B. Davis
Mr. Davis
Local News Notes and Weather from the Area
Mrs. Mary Throckmorton visits her grandson Jesse Sisson. Miss Blanche Sisson attends spring term at the Athens O A. S. H. Smith injures a finger unloading ties. Mrs. Walter Jordan and children return from Salem. Soldiers Jesse Gregory and Grover Quick return from overseas. Harold Romine visits Albany. Miss Flora Cline and Glenn attend Hagenback Wallace show in Athens. A severe rain storm floods homes and stores, washing out railroad tracks and delaying traffic. Mort McKnight Howard Steward homes flood. W C McGonas store floods. section men repair damage through the night.
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Mary Throckmorton
Jesse Sisson
Blanche Sisson
O. A
Athens
S. H. Smith
Walter Jordan
Salem
Jesse Gregory
Grover Quick
Sam
Harold Romine
Albany
Lenora Sleeth
Dyesville
Inlaw
D. F. Romine
Flora Cline
Glenn
Hagenback Wallace
Mort McKnight
Howard Steward
W. C. McGonas
House Gives Time to League
Colonel House devotes nearly all his time to the league of nations. He will represent America at the organization committee meeting in London once the German treaty is signed. Temporary headquarters will be set in London to carry out work before ratification. The first full meeting will be in Washington under President Wilson.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Paris
Colonel House
League of Nations
America
Organization Committee
London
Washington
Wilson
Leaders Leave Versailles for Berlin Amid Talks
May 12 reports Klert Gies bert s and Minister Landsberg left Versailles for Berlin last night. Details on the purpose of the trip and any ensuing negotiations were not disclosed.
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Berlin
Versailles
Klert Giesberts
Minister Landsberg
Wilson Urges War Scouts Honor and Support Drive
President Wilson asks nation to honor the Boy Scouts and expand the movement. A drive June 8 to 14 aims to recruit one million men as citizens committees to act as Scout assistants and leaders nationwide.
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Washington
Wilson
America
Chinese Students Protest Peace Treaty at Ohio State
Chinese students at Ohio State University formally protest the peace conference act ceding Kau Chow to Japan. A cablegram from Teddy to the Chinese peace delegation in Paris urges, Do not sign peace treaty. We would rather die for justice and honor than surrender China's sovereignty.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Kau Chow
Japan
Teddy
Paris
China
Middleport Women Lead in Liberty Bond Drive
Middleport Ohio reports a women led effort surpassing the quota for the Liberty Loan drive. On May 7 the town subscribed 73,850 dollars against a 49,600 dollar goal, showing strong untiring local support.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Woman’s Liberty Loan Committee
Allies Recognize Bolshevik in Hungary Paris May 12
The allies, intentionally or not, appear to have officially recognized the Hungarian Soviet Republic. A formal invitation was sent to Budapest and Vienna to dispatch delegations to the peace conference. Initial reports suggested Bela Kun was ousted, but French officials denied this.
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Paris
Budapest
Vienna
Bela Kun
Devotes Life to Bohemian Liberty Leader at Peace Conference
Charles Kramar a key delegate to Czecho Slovakia at the peace talks has long led the Czech party in Austria’s Reichsrat. He was sentenced to death by an Austrian court, later reprieved and freed, and now serves as prime minister of the Czecho Slovakia government. The other delegate is Edouard Benes.
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Charles Kramar
Reichsrat
Edouard Benes
Amaze French Chefs as Americans Demand Hearty Parisian Breakfast
Paris dining rooms toil to satisfy hundreds of peace conference delegates whose breakfasts overwhelm the French hotel kitchen. Ham and eggs beefsteaks and hot cakes appear first, followed by hors d oeuvres that vanish quickly. Americans enjoy sugar and white bread while other Paris cafes rely on brown flour.
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Paris
Ancient Syracusan ship described as Greek economic miracle
Harvard Professor W. B. Ferguson described a three deck Greek Mauretania built in a year with 800 sailors 600 marines and hold capacity of 110000 bushels of wheat and salt fish. The ship boasted a gymnasium baths gardens and luxury cabins proving early Greek economic strength.
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Boston
Mass
W. 8. Ferguson
Harvard
Ferguson
Greece
Carnegie rolling mill study bureau formed in Pittsburgh
The Carnegie Institute of Technology and leading Pittsburgh steel interests have organized a rolling mill research bureau. It will study the physical and mechanical changes in metals during high temperature rolling and share results with cooperating interests and the public. The bureau will also offer courses at the institute for students specializing in this field.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Thousands Die From Plague in Petrograd
The Paris report cites Russian police statistics showing February deaths in Petrograd exceeded 113000, about 11 percent of the city population, with 990000 residents on Feb 1 and 800000 on March 1 after 77000 fled. Relief workers note Moscow faced similar hunger, typhus, smallpox, and shortages.
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Paris
Petrograd
Moscow
Man Shoots Self at Wife's Grave in Ohio Cemetery
In Bellaire Ohio on May 12 Joe Belasar lay across his wife's grave in Rose Hill cemetery and shot himself through the jaw. Earlier last week he attempted suicide by asphyxiation. A second note mentions invention of reducing valves to adapt hydrants for ordinary pressure streams.
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Bellaire, O
Rose Hill Cemetery
Joe Belasar
Today’s Markets Cincinnati Produce and Live Poultry
Eggs show firm prices with prime firsts at 43 cents per dozen and ordinary firsts at 41 cents. Seconds at 38 cents. Live poultry steady with fowls under five pounds at 32 cents, springers over 1? pounds at 65 cents, and roosters at 18 cents.
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Cincinnati
Cattle and hog market reports with varied prices
Receipts for cattle reach 70 loads with higher prices for choice and prime cattle and veal calves ranging up to 15.75. Sheep and lambs show 22 double decks with slow, lower market and primes around 12. Mixed lots and fair grades cited. Hogs total 45 double decks with steady market. prime heavy around 20.8 to 21.0 and pigs near 17 to 18.76.
Cattle and Hog Market Receipts Report Update
Cattle receipts 1600 with market slow to strong. prices up 256. Shippers receive 138.50 to 15.00. Calves receipts none. market steady, extra 14.75 to 15.00. Hogs 10000 receipts. market strong to 256 higher. good choice packers and butchers 21.00. Sheep 100 receipts. market steady, extra 11.75 to 12.00. Lambs none. market steady, extra 17.50 to 18.00.
Market Receipts and Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hog receipts 3500 with higher bulk and butcher and packing prices listed. Cattle receipts 17000 with steady market and varied beeves butcher stock canners stockers cows calves prices. Sheep receipts 17000 with weaker market and prices for wool lambs ewes per head.
Grain and seed price quotations from grain market report
The report lists multiple grain and seed prices including corn at $1.80 per bushel for No. 3 yellow, oats at 74 to 75 cents, barley No. 2 at $1.24, clover seed cash $22.00 with futures May $19.97 and Sept $19.80, Timothy new cash and May $5.40 with Sept $6.15 and Oct $5.90, and rye at $1.60.
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Timothy New
Liberty Bonds Quotes From New York Market
Liberty bonds listed with current bids: 31s at 98.70, Second 4s at 94.00, First 414s at 96.00, Second 414s at 94.02, Third 414s at 95.16, Fourth 4s at 94.08.
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Liberty
New York
Liberty Bonds
Use of Strike-Breakers Sparks Ontario Riots
Detroit reports street car strike clashes as Windsor police clash with strike breakers. Windsor workers have been idle for a week as the Windsor Street Car Company attempted to operate cars amid the strike for higher wages.
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Detroit
Mich
Windsor
Ontario
Big Four Consider German Peace Notes in Paris
The Big Four meeting in Paris on May 12 discussed the latest German communications on the peace treaty. The notes were sent to a committee of experts for report back to the Big Four.
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Paris
Wedding Permits Issued For Clyde Vernon And Audrey Norris
Clyde Vernon 21 a miner and Audrey Norris 17 both of Athens secured marriage licenses in a local civil registry. The ceremony is pending parental consent and official approval under city marriage rules.
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Clyde Vernon
Miner
Audrey Norris
Athens
Accessory Store Showroom Offers Kelly Springfield and Federal Tires
When the sun shines and your garden looks good head to our Accessory Store to see Kelly-Springfield and Federal Tire models sized for your car. If you are not driving a car you should still visit the showroom to view the displays. We thank you.
Army meat held off open market in big packer deal
Washington May 12 United Press After closed conferences major packers have kept off the market 264000000 pounds of army meat bought by the war department and no longer needed The war department says millions of pounds were restricted to export at least temporarily and may be sold under war department direction at regulated prices It called in Wilson Morris Armour Cudahy and Libby McNeil and Libby to advise on disposing of the surplus without upsetting U S meat prices Packers urged exporting to stricken countries to aid relief efforts
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Washington
United Press
Army
War Department
Wilson
Morris, Armour
Cudahy
Libby McNeil
Libby
Packer
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